It often takes considerable time to initiate and complete infrastructure projects, even those deemed "shovel-ready" with engineering plans in place.
The board, over the past two years, has already obtained a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development; a $500,000 matching grant from Stratford to complete infrastructure improvements; and a $1.5 million working capital bank loan, guaranteed by the Department of Economic and Cultural Development.
Dozens of other Chinese cities are racing to complete infrastructure projects just as expensive and ambitious, or more so, as they play their roles in this nation's celebrated economic miracle.
You've still got a lot of growth that can come in a fairly straightforward manner through completing infrastructure and heavy industry and urbanization," said Arthur Kroeber, managing director at GaveKal Dragonomics, a consulting firm in Beijing.
SALON's Will Doig had a nice piece last week riffing off a common theme: why does it take so long and cost so much for America to complete infrastructure projects when China seems to complete them in mere months for a fraction of the cost On Dec. 31, the Chinese capital opened a new subway line and greatly expanded two others.
8 30 P.M. (13) NEED TO KNOW In this first of two inauguration episodes, the anchor Jeff Greenfield examines proposals by the advocacy group Common Good to end bureaucratic gridlock and explores why it now takes nearly four times as long to complete infrastructure projects as it did in the 1970s.
Last year, Karen Conner and Javier DeLaRosa, partners in the Esperanza Development Group, completed the infrastructure at Walden, a 12-acre project set in the woods, though within walking distance of the beach and the center of town.
"Blender completed the infrastructure necessary to make the most significant user-facing change to Twitter search since the acquisition of Summize," Twitter writes.
The Dutch have built a complete infrastructure for their bicycles.
And to think, all it's taken is two decades, a complete infrastructure overhaul, an economic boom, hundreds of coaches, a dedicated supporters trust, and a village dentist.
